REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITED

Active
Company number 01633971Private limited companyIncorporated 1982

Key figures

£121,012,000
Net assets 2025

† REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 58142

Where the company stands among the 2,539 active companies whose first SIC code is 58142 (Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals).

Net assets£121,012,000
Higher than 99% · median £6,824
Total assets£121,012,000
Higher than 99% · median £44,774
Company age44.5 years
Older than 96% · median 11.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. DELINIAN LIMITED£2bn
  2. S&P GLOBAL COMMODITIES UK LIMITED£744m
  3. TES GLOBAL LIMITED£466m
  4. FORBES DIGITAL MARKETING LIMITED£315.5m
  5. REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITED£121m
  6. HAYMARKET MEDIA GROUP LTD.£117.7m
  7. IMMEDIATE MEDIA COMPANY LONDON LIMITED£109m
  8. HAYMARKET MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS LTD.£44.3m
  9. INFOPRO DIGITAL LIMITED£37.5m
  10. NIKKEI EUROPE LIMITED£35.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 2,539. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01633971. It was incorporated on 7 May 1982. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (E14). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals (58142).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files audit-exempt subsidiary. Loss for the year was £2,024,000. Net assets were £121,012,000.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,539 active companies whose first SIC code is 58142: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £6,824). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £44,774). It is older than 96% of them (median age 11.1 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 30 days to pay suppliers, and 13% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Nov 2026.

Filed accounts2025
2025 †
Profit for the year-2,024,000
Total assets121,012,000
Total liabilities—
Net assets / total equity121,012,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2019 – 30 Jun 2019
Average time taken to pay invoices
30 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
13%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 48%
  • 31 to 60 days 49%
  • After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (1)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2018
63
16%
24%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently April 2026. Main goods: machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

7 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £121m
  2. Name changed to REACH MAGAZINES PUBLISHING LIMITEDPreviously TM PUBLISHING 1 PLC
  3. Name changed to TM PUBLISHING 1 PLCPreviously NORTHERN & SHELL PLC
  4. Mr Richard Clive Desmond ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Reach Network Media Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Mr Richard Clive Desmond registered as a person with significant control
  7. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.